Ok I'm just finishing up my first somewhat custom gun. It's a savage axis 22-243 and I was thinking about using the Boyd's Atone stock that just come out. Has anyone had one and what are your views on it? Now to my real question since it's a wood stock and I will be using this in snow and possibly sleet usually not rain will that affect it or is there a way to prevent the moisture from affecting it? It will be piller bed and bedded. Any help on this would be great.
Boyd's stock for calling rifle to be used in all weather?
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I don't believe water can get into the wood anyway. first off, the stock is a laminate, thin layers of wood glued together with an epoxy type glue. Second, they put the wood layers in a big vacuum tank and when all the air is pulled out of the tank they introduce the stain. It completely penetrates the wood all the way thru. This is why you cant just sand the color off. Then it's dried and glued up. Maybe if it was submerged for a while it might affect the wood, but I very seriously doubt that rain or snow or just generally getting wet on the outside of the stock is going to change anything. These stocks also don't move much, if at all from the weather like a solid natural wood stock can.
DannoBoone
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Originally Posted By: AWSPut a good coat of varnish in the barrel channel, action and mag well and coat the outside of the stock with a good coat of paste wax. You want to make sure there is no place for water to get into the wood. Don't forget under the butt-plate or pad.
^THIS^
One of my winter projects this year was stripping and recoating a
laminate stock on a rifle which had been used as my "barn" rifle in
the past. It never was rained on but had been subjected to varying
amounts of humidity. It had attained several of what I'd call
surface cracks between wood and glue. It turned out better than new
but it was quite a bit of work that wouldn't have needed to be done
if I had been waxing my stocks a few years ago.
I don't believe I would put any varnish or other sealer on top of
bedding material, though.
^THIS^
One of my winter projects this year was stripping and recoating a
laminate stock on a rifle which had been used as my "barn" rifle in
the past. It never was rained on but had been subjected to varying
amounts of humidity. It had attained several of what I'd call
surface cracks between wood and glue. It turned out better than new
but it was quite a bit of work that wouldn't have needed to be done
if I had been waxing my stocks a few years ago.
I don't believe I would put any varnish or other sealer on top of
bedding material, though.